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#453020 - 05/02/08 07:41 PM
$50 tow kit
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
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harbor freight ...cant beat it ......z tow kit
Edited by zimmy (05/02/08 07:42 PM)
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#453025 - 05/02/08 07:55 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Jedi Trainee
Registered: 10/12/03
Posts: 351
Loc: Avon Lake, OH USA
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And just my luck - I ordered a trailer hitch setup on Wednesday !!
Tx-
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#453295 - 05/03/08 02:52 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 01/01/07
Posts: 1119
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario
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Self-birthday present, Zimmy?
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#453307 - 05/03/08 04:06 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
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haha, maybe...ive been working on
the car instead of driving it....
not sure of its trippabilty!
i still have a clutch prob....
it works but then quits right away...
im thinkin slave or master cylinder ......z
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#453406 - 05/03/08 09:34 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
[Re: zimmy]
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Registered: 10/04/06
Posts: 116
Loc: Dayton, OH
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I've got one of those. Used it to pull the midget all the way from Melbourne, FL to Dayton, OH. To attach it to the car, I bought a piece of 2x3 inch steel tubing, and drilled the appropriate holes to mount the tubing to the bumper mounts. Then simply attach the tow bar to the tubing.
Worked great! Can take a picture of the tubing I used if you would like.
-Tony
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#454135 - 05/06/08 12:36 AM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Jedi Warrior
Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 594
Loc: California
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I've got one of those. Used it to pull the midget all the way from Melbourne, FL to Dayton, OH. To attach it to the car, I bought a piece of 2x3 inch steel tubing, and drilled the appropriate holes to mount the tubing to the bumper mounts. Then simply attach the tow bar to the tubing.
Worked great!
Interesting to hear how this worked out. Similar tow bars are for sale all over eBay, and I once toyed with the idea of doing very much what you describe. Might do it yet.
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#454166 - 05/06/08 06:41 AM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Obi Wan
Registered: 11/15/04
Posts: 2472
Loc: Ontario
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and I presume you disconnect the drive shaft? do you remove it completely or just disconnect one end and hang it out of the way?
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Ms. Triss
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she runs, she drives! now to put her back together
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#454200 - 05/06/08 08:33 AM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Great Pumpkin
Registered: 11/13/05
Posts: 17311
Loc: Niceville FL
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Hang it out of the way. Think I used a coat hanger in fact.
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Retired USAF
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#454211 - 05/06/08 09:29 AM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
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id feel more comfortable pulling the midget to missouri since i wont get alot of test drive time in before then........ u guys can fix any problems left with my car when i get there  there will be a work area, right? ive got tools! haha ...zimmmy
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#454278 - 05/06/08 11:40 AM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Great Pumpkin
Registered: 11/13/05
Posts: 17311
Loc: Niceville FL
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You bring the parts and it will get done.
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Retired USAF
AN5L 24515, Eng. 9C-U-H 16218, Apr. 1959
"Miss Agatha" On the road again and smiling.
We were there, Lake of the Ozarks, 2008!!
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#454349 - 05/06/08 01:46 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Yoda
Registered: 11/02/03
Posts: 4654
Loc: Louisville KY
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My wife is going with me in the Ugly Bug. She'll complain about the noise and the wind, but it builds character.
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#454408 - 05/06/08 04:38 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
[Re: bugimike]
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
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5000 rpms will drown out alotta noise! ....z
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#454411 - 05/06/08 04:40 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
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Yoda
Registered: 11/02/03
Posts: 4654
Loc: Louisville KY
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Zimmy at 5000 rpms I'd be doing 100+ mph!
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#454425 - 05/06/08 05:03 PM
Re: $50 tow kit
[Re: Trevor Jessie]
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Jedi Knight
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
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uh ,i dont have a supercharged 5 speed!!!!!
id be goin maybe 70, if i remember right....z
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